4 California Buildings News • Q3 2021
World-Class Concert Venue Debuts in San Diego
The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park, San Diego’s recently inaugurated bayside concert center, boasts performance features rivaling any outdoor entertainment venue in the world. It is a work of art as well as a new iconic symbol of one of the West Coast’s most beautiful cities. The acoustically engineered stage features a concert shell designed to complement the San Diego Convention Center sails and surrounding downtown development. The stage provides a larger performance space for both the orchestra and guest artists,” according to the park. The Shell resulted from an agreement between the San Diego Symphony and the Unified Port of San Diego. The Embarcadero Marina Park South site provides the community with a venue where culture and nature intersect, where music and a restored park are combined to give San Diegans
a unique gathering place. It will be managed and programmed by the San Diego Symphony and represents a partnership of business and the arts. Its features include: w Covered stage with 13,000 square feet of performance space and ancillary back-of-house facilities w Sunset steps and patio at the back of the performance stage for stunning views of the Bay and public use during non-event hours w Flexible seating capacity varying from intimate seating up to 10,000 w Terraced seating to provide all
concert guests unobstructed views from nearly every seat w Temporary seating that allows for lawns to be open to the public during non-event periods w Improved and environmentally sustainable landscaping and trees w Sand-based synthetic turf in the main seating area and pre-event spaces, which will reduce water consumption and be more environmentally friendly w The venue is part of Jacobs Park, inside the larger Embarcadero Marina Park; the park will be open to the general public during non-event hours.
